Tag: Islamic State

In a police raid carried out by the Ministry of Interior (MOI) of North Macedonia, in cooperation with the National Security Agency (NSA), and by order of the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office for Prosecuting Organised Crime and Corruption (BPPO-POCC), three terrorists who organized themselves upon ISIS' model and have conspired terrorist actions, were arrested yesterday. During the arrests, explosive...

The MoI must clarify the situation, especially on the danger from the supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the country, because a lame statement causes either panic or mistrust among the public, experts say. Pavle Trajanov, former Interior minister, believes that the situation should have been clarified "in some form," and retired Colonel Blagoja Markovski,...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Dimtrov will pay a working visit to Washington, USA today and tomorrow, where he will meet with representatives from the US administration, the Congress and the think tank community. Dimitrov is set to address a tribune dedicated to the future of Macedonia and Southeast Europe, organized by the Atlantic Council of the United States. Also, at the invitation...

In the following days, the Ministry of Interior, during the Easter holidays will strengthen security measures throughout the country, due to the global terrorist threats from the Islamic State (ISIS), who are also targeting Balkan countries, including Macedonia, said this afternoon the MOI. “Given the global terrorist threat, who target religious buildings (like the recent attacks in Egypt), have been...

The Ministry of Interior have arrested 2a 1-year-old man from Skopje, his initials S.R., is suspected to have travelled twice to Syria as a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), announced today the Ministry of Interior. The Skopje resident, according to the Ministry, a few weeks returned from Syria to the country through an illegal route....

Teams from the Ministry of Interior (MVR) are conducting an action to arrest individuals who are suspected of fighting in Syria on the side of the Islamist organization, Islamic State (IS). The Deputy Minister of public relations of the MVR, Ivo Kotevski, confirmed the information with Meta. Details of the action will be released later today. According to information, special police...

Another Albanian from Macedonia was killed on the battlefield in Syria, announced "Utrinski vesnik" on its website, citing media in Albanian. It is Sadik Xhemaili (25) from Gostivar village Zdunje. He last crossed the border of Macedonia in September last year, when it was assumed that he joined the militants of the Islamic State. Sadik Xhemaili is the fourteenth Albanian from...